Delta 2777
Machampion
Electivire
Code:
[B]#466 Electivire[/B]
Typing: Electric
Ability 1:
Motor Drive
Increases the user's speed one stage when hit by an Electric attack.
Ability 2: (Dream World)
Vital Spirit
The user can not fall asleep. Rest will fail when used.
HP: 75
Atk: 123
Def: 67
SpA: 95
SpD: 85
Spe: 95
[B]Pre-Evo Moves:[/B]
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[B][U]Level-Up Moves:[/U][/B]
Lv1: Fire Punch
Lv1: Leer
Lv1: Low Kick
Lv1: Quick Attack
Lv1: Thundershock
Lv6: Thundershock
Lv11: Low Kick
Lv16: Swift
Lv21: Shock Wave
Lv26: Light Screen
Lv32: Electric Ball
Lv38: ThunderPunch
Lv44: Discharge
Lv50: Thunderbolt
Lv56: Screech
Lv62: Thunder
Lv68: Giga Impact
Electric Ball: Electric Special PP: 10 / Power: --- / Accuracy: 100
Electric Ball's power increases depending on the user's speed over the opponent's speed, capping at 150 BP (supposedly a reverse Gyro Ball).
[B]TM Moves:[/B]
TM06 - Toxic
TM10 - Hidden Power
TM12 - Taunt
TM15 - Hyper Beam
TM16 - Light Screen
TM17 - Protect
TM18 - Rain Dance
TM21 - Frustration
TM24 - Thunderbolt
TM25 - Thunder
TM26 - Earthquake
TM27 - Return
TM28 - Dig
TM29 - Psychic
TM31 - Brick Break
TM32 - Double Team
TM35 - Flamethower
TM39 - Rock Tomb
TM41 - Torment
TM42 - Facade
TM44 - Rest
TM45 - Attract
TM46 - Thief
TM47 - Ankle Sweep
TM48 - Troll
TM52 - Focus Blast
TM56 - Fling
TM57 - Charge Beam
TM68 - Giga Impact
TM70 - Flash
TM72 - Volt Charge
TM73 - Thunder Wave
TM78 - Smooth Over
TM80 - Rock Slide
TM87 - Swagger
TM90 - Substitute
TM93 - Wild Bolt
TM94 - Rock Smash
HM04 - Strength
Troll: Normal Special PP: 15 / Power: 60 / Accuracy: 100
Raises Base Power the more Pokemon you have with the attack.
Ankle Sweep: Fighting Physical PP: 20 / Power: 60 / Accuracy: 100
Decreases opponent's Speed by 1 stage.
Smooth Over: Ground Physical PP: 20 / Power: 60 / Accuracy: 100
Decreases the opponent's Speed by 1 stage.
Wild Bolt: Electric Physical PP: 15 / Power: 90 / Accuracy: 100
The user recieves recoil damage equal to 25% of the damage done by this attack.
[B]Egg Moves:[/B]
Karate Chop
Barrier
Rolling Kick
Meditate
Cross Chop
Fire Punch
Ice Punch
DynamicPunch
Feint
Hammer Arm
Focus Punch
- Wild Bolt: 90 Base Power and 100 Accuracy is quite a step up over 75 / 100, even if Wild Bolt does give the user 25% recoil damage after using the attack. Additionally, since you're using your base 123 Attack stat, you're dishing out way more damage than Thunderbolt ever did.
- Changes to Rotom-A: With the Rotom Formes losing their Ghost-typing, they are bound to be less common than they have been in DPP (and the best forme, Rotom-W, is only neutral to Wild Bolt). This means Electivire's most common check can be eliminated with only some prior damage.
- Great Super Effective coverage: While people used to be able to say "hitting super effectively doesn't mean jack if you still can't KO," this is an even greater asset for Electivire in BW than it has ever been. If a weakened Pokemon can take your powerful physical STAB move, then you probably have another move that will hit it for quite a bit of damage.
Electivire @ Expert Belt / Life Orb
Ability: Motor Drive
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpAtk) or Jolly (+Spe, -SpAtk)
~ Wild Bolt
~ Ice Punch
~ Cross Chop
~ Fire Punch/Earthquake/Meditate
Set up some Spikes for this guy, switch in on an Electric-type attack, and do what you can. Wild Bolt + Ice Punch gives great coverage, and Cross Chop rounds it out to hit everything in the game for at least neutral damage other than Shedinja (keep in mind that Ice Punch also OHKOs Salamence, Garchomp, Flygon, Gliscor, Ononokusu (assumably), etc). Fire Punch is capable of eliminating all of the Bug/Steel Pokemon that might get in your way, while Earthquake assists against other Electric-types, hits most Steel types stronger than Fire Punch (Metagross), and also always OHKOs Heatran, along with most of its other Fire-type brethren. Meditate can be used to boost Electivire's attack in case you see the opportunity to use it. The choice of Adamant vs Jolly will depend on how the speed tiers turn out, mainly.
All in all, Electivire got quite a boost this generation. However, everything around it got a boost as well, although that doesn't mean Electivire should go unnoticed. What do you guys think - will Electivire have a chance to shine this time around, or will it continue to be the "NoobMon" that it has always been acclaimed to be?